manual labor

English

Alternative forms

• manual labour

Noun

manual labor (countable and uncountable, plural manual labors)

1. (American spelling) Work done by hand or using basic tools rather than by machines; usually physically demanding but (sometimes derogatory) unskilled labor.

Synonyms

• manual work

Coordinate terms

• handwork (sometimes synonymous, but sometimes intricate and skilled rather than strenuous and unskilled)

Translations

physical work

Afrikaans: handearbeid Chinese: Mandarin: 手工勞動／手工劳动 (shǒugōng láodòng), 體力勞動／体力劳动 (zh) (tǐlì láodòng) Esperanto: manlaboro Finnish: ruumiillinen työ French: travail manuel (fr) m German: Handarbeit (de) f Greek: χειρωνακτική εργασία f (cheironaktikí ergasía) Irish: obair láimhe f Japanese: 肉体労働 (ja) (にくたいろうどう, nikutai rōdō) Old English: handweorc n Romanian: muncă manuală f, lucrare manuală f, muncă fizică f Russian: ручно́й труд m (ručnój trud), физи́ческий труд m (fizíčeskij trud) Swedish: kroppsarbete (sv) n Vietnamese: lao động chân tay, lao động tay chân